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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Modigliani Amedeo Creator Nationality: Italian Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1884 - 1920 Gender: M Creator Name-CRT: Amedeo Modigliani Title: Head of a Woman View: 3/4 view Creation Start Date: 1901 Creation End Date: 1921 Creation Date: c. 1911 Object Type: Sculpture Classification Term: Sculpture Materials and Techniques: Limestone Dimensions: 25 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (65.4 x 17.1 x 21.3 cm) AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA ID Number: 62.73.1 Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Cowles Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.cfm Context: Although Modigliani is primarily known as a portraitist and painter of female nudes, the artist also explored the creative possibilities of stone sculpture between 1909 and 1916. Like his painted images, his sculptures are characterized by stylized, geometric features (i.e., tubular necks, wedge-like noses, and large elliptical eyes) that indicate the artist's interest in the art forms of Egyptian and Archaic Greek sculpture and African masks. Until recently, it was assumed that Head of a Woman was a generic exploration of such motifs. However, recent scholarship suggests that this sculpture, and several others very like it, were also inspired by the likeness of the great Russian poet, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966).Modigliani first met and fell in love with Akhmatova in Paris in the Spring of 1910. It has been suggested that it was during Akhmatova's second extended stay in Paris in 1911 that the artist drew the sketches from which the present sculpture derives. While this has not been conclusively proven, the creation of the sculpture contemporary to their documented love affair lends credence to such a proposition. AMICA ID: MIA_.62.73.1 AMICA Library Year: 2003 Media Metadata Rights: AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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